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EventPrime Minister Sir Abubakar Tafawa Balewa is killed in Nigeria’s first military coup
… first military coup. Balewa’s term was tumultuous due to tensions in the western Region of the country. Nigeria was … was charged with treason by Balewa’s…
Book 6: Negotiation, Transition and Freedom - Bibliography
… Department of Education African National Congress. Address to the Nation by ANC President Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela, on … Ordinary Country. Issues in the…
ArchiveCC Resolution on Elections
… Supports a single ANC electoral list and commits to ensure an ANC elections victory. Condemns Savimbi's refusal to recognise the democratic right of the…
ArchiveSeparate development: the challenge of the Transkei
… in Decmber 1963 and separate territorial development began to take place. The paper discusses in length the responses … and Africans and the benefits of…
PlaceKruger chairs (Die twee Krugerstoele) in the Paul Kruger Church (Geref. Kerkgebou) in Church Street, Pretoria West.
… Paul Kruger used to be a member of the church in Pretoria . This church still has the chairs Paul and his Wife used to sit on during services, with the same…
EventBafana Bafana draws with Nigeria
… The South African national soccer team Bafana Bafana played to a goalless draw against a Nigerian team (Super Eagles) at … met for more than a decade and…
EventMandela meet De Klerk in Pretoria
… of the Groote Schuur Minutes and on the need to use effective mechanisms to reduce the level of police violence in the country. … 2014]| Reporter, Staff., …
EventManne Dipico resigns from parliament
… advisor, Manne Dipico, resigned from the National Assembly to concentrate his effort on the upcoming local elections scheduled for 1 March 2006. Dipico was…
PlaceCwanguba
… A forest 34km East of Elliotdale. The forest is reputed to have resulted from Imilenya shrubs, planted on the grave of Chief Tsiwo! The name is thought to be…
EventSouth African Cricketer, Dave Nourse ,is born in England
… born in Croydo, England on 26 January 1878. Nourse went to South Africa as a drummer for the West Riding Regiment and decided to stay in the country. A…
ArchiveGrahamstown and group areas: some facts
… of Grahamstown under the Group Areas Act with particular to the Fingo village and other affected areas in Grahamstown. … of the document is handwritten which…
ArchiveStatements on Black Consciousness and human rights
… man and between all men, The other two pamphlets, attached to the above pamphlet, were entitled "A call to workers and employers" and "Questions we are…
ArchiveBill Nair interview
… Interview with Bill Nair where he was asked to first comment on the state of the United Democratic Front … since Murphy and Valli were detained and that…
PlaceAdmiralty House, Simonstown
… the mid-18th Century and its ownership was transferred to the Admiralty in 1814. Rear-Admiral Jahleel Brenton was the first of the navy commanders to live…
EventDipuo Peters is born
… in the Kimberley Diamond Fields region. She was elected to the National Assembly in 1994 and appointed to her current position by President Thabo Mbeki after…
EventDerek Hanekom is born
… Mandela after 1994 general elections. His appointment to the ministry could best be explained as a compensation for his contribution to the liberation…
EventThe Progressive Teachers’ Congress is secretly launched
… (PROTECO) was clandestinely launched in the Transvaal to fill the vacuum, which was created by the banning of the … Crisis Committee (NECC). PROTECTO changed…
EventShift in US Foreign Policy toward apartheid state takes place
… its relationship with black South Africans. It begins to place more pressure on the South African government to push political reforms forward. …
EventSamuel Marks (77) dies in Johannesburg
… Africa. He was also a friend of President Paul Kruger. To read more about Sammy Marks, see our biography on him. Read more about Marks' contribution to…
ArchiveNUSAS - its background and history
… Union of South African Students, April 1973. Pages7 to 10 of Appendix to the Report of the Chairman of the Interim Management …
ArchiveClothing Workers Union: we demand jobs and a living wage for all
… from the Bible: "Has not God chosen the poor of this world to be rich in faith and to inherit His kingdom? He promised those who loved Him? Is …
ArchiveMemorandum on BPC external affairs programme
… Memorandum from Thami Zani to Ranwedzi Harry Nengwekhulu following on the fifth congress … January 1977 in Durban where a commission was appointed to look…
ArchiveAn address by the General-Secretary of the South African Communist Party
… Address by Moses Mabhida to miliant partisans at Luanda on 26th July 1981 to mark the 60th anniversary of the SACP. Discusses the …
ArchiveRepression of the United Democratic Front under state of attack
… Botha said the month saw increased government response to the United Democratic Front, both in words and in action, … draconian laws still exists and…
ArchiveBlack women
… a conference on women's struggle in South Africa from 6th to the 18th January 1990 at the bottom. Quote from Phyllis Jordan. The song Malibongwe is dedicated…
ArchiveBiography of Bavumile Herbert Vilakazi
… the Sharpville shooting in 1960 and his family was forced to move to Residensia …
PlaceVictorian dwellings, 135-137 Hatfield Street, Gardens
… row, of Double-storey Semi-detached Residences is presumed to have been erected in 1881 as part of a speculative Housing … part of the Farm Welgedaan which…
They’re Burning the Churches
… Price : R165.00 - including VAT Orders can be E-mailed to [email protected] or to [email protected] Contact Person : Jacana Media. Tel: +27 …
EventJomo Sono, South African soccer player and director, is born
… father died and his mother abandoned him. He was forced to work from a young age in order to help support the family. He began selling apples and …
EventSir de Villiers Graaff agrees with SA veto of UN visit
… the composition of the proposed United Nations Committee to Study Apartheid (UNCSA) was such as to preclude any possibility of an objective or impartial … a…